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Pantheon Pantheon, Rome, begun by Agrippa in 27 bc, completely rebuilt by Hadrian c. ad 118–c. 128. Giovanni Paolo Pannini: painting of the interior of the Pantheon, Rome Pantheon: oculus The Pantheon in Rome, Italy, with its large portico of eight Corinthian columns supporting a triangular pediment inscribed with Latin text, and crowds gathered at the entrance. Interior view of the Pantheon in Rome, showing the coffered concrete dome with a central oculus letting in natural light above ornate walls. “The Interior of the Pantheon,” oil painting by Gian Paolo Pannini (1691/92-1765). In the National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
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Pantheon Exterior of the Pantheon, begun 27 bce, rebuilt c. 118–128 ce, Rome.

Pantheon

building, Rome, Italy
Also known as: Santa Maria Rotonda, Santa Maria Rotunda, ad Martyres(Show More)
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Pantheon, building in Rome that was begun in 27 bc by the statesman Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa, probably as a building of the ordinary Classical temple type—rectangular with a gabled roof supported by a colonnade on all sides. It was completely rebuilt by the emperor Hadrian sometime between ad 118 and 128, and some alterations were made in the early 3rd century by the emperors Septimius Severus and Caracalla. It is a circular building of concrete...

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